AFRL scientist receives national recognition Published Jan. 5, 2005 By Tracy Vance Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) -- A research scientist and engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s sensors directorate here has been selected for two national awards.Dr. Stanley Rogers has been selected for the 2005 Black Engineer of the Year award for career achievement in government and the 2005 National Society of Black Engineers distinguished engineer award.The career achievement award recognizes innovators who demonstrate commitment to engineering expertise and leadership. The winners are also recognized for contributions as role models and mentors, helping to boost the minority presence in technology enterprise, officials said.The distinguished engineer award is society’s most prestigious award, based on a career of outstanding achievements in an engineering or technical field and exceptional management, officials said.Throughout his 15-year career in the field of photonics and optical engineering, Dr. Rogers has been an integral part of many leading-edge “high tech” systems. He joined the directorate in May 2003 and has been a team leader for a $30 million multiagency laser-based photonic system program.Dr. Rogers has improved the $1.5 million optical design phase through modeling and simulation combined with material synthesis initiatives and has addressed the Air Force needs for broad bandwidth and wide-angle apertures.He serves as a major in the Air Force Reserve and has been the senior technical adviser, organizational strategic manager and lead reservist for the space office and photonic and electronic material branch of the materials and manufacturing directorate.In 2004, Dr. Rogers presented and published three publications for the International Society of Photo-Optical and Instrumentation Engineers and one for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.